Lot 1844

Description

Palestine, Judaea, Mattathias Antigonus, (40-37 B.C.), copper one prutah, (1.758 grams), obv. wreath with leaves in groups of three, inscription in two lines in Hebrew MTT YK (Mattityah), rev. double cornucopiae, with ribbons, within a ear of barley, (S.6105, H.483 [36], BMC 57-58, AJC Y1 [p.159, Pl.55], SNG ANS 192-4, Meshorer 33). Very fine and very scarce with additional end projections, this very rare.